“So afraid I almost fainted” – Iran Christian on brother’s arrest

November 11, 2016 — ICC Note: Sepideh’s life changed the day her mother called her workplace. She frantically explained that her brother had been arrested for his faith and that she must come come...

Iran’s Persecuted Christians Endure New Wave of Government Crackdowns

October 28, 2016 — By Sandra Elliot 10/28/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Currently, the Islamic Republic of Iran is ninth on Open Door’s World Watch List, a list that ranks the world’s...

BREAKING NEWS: Iran Pastor Irani Released From Prison

October 18, 2016 — ICC Note: After serving a 6 year prison sentence for his Christian faith and activity, Iranian pastor Behnam Irani has been released on Oct. 18. Irani, 43, was sentenced with...

Iranian Court Set to Hear Appeal of Christian Converts Sentenced to 80 Lashes Each for Drinking Communion Wine

October 17, 2016 — ICC Note: Three Iranian Christians sentenced to 80 lashes each for drinking communion wine were set to have an appeal hearing on Saturday, October 15. The results of said appeal...

Christian Converts Like Woman Stabbed to Death in Australia Face Increasing Attacks, Human Rights Group Warns

October 14, 2016 — ICC Note: A 35-year-old Iranian Christian convert was stabbed to death by her husband in Sydney, Australia on September 28.. This comes as a reflection of the vast numbers of...

Three Iranian Christians released on bail, two still in jail

October 12, 2016 — ICC Note: Three Iranian Christians have been released on bail while two others still remain in prison for unknown charges. The group of five were arrested in August during a...

Iranian Christians Face 80 Lashes For Drinking Communion Wine

October 10, 2016 — ICC Note: A court in Iran has sentenced three Iranian Christian men to 80 lashes each for consuming alcohol during communion. Two of them have been found guilty of this...

Status of Five Iranian Christian Prisoners in Evin Prison Still Uncertain

October 5, 2016 — ICC Note: The fate of five Iranian Christians remains unknown after they were arrested without warrant at the beginning of September. Families worry that the Iranian regime is intimidating the...

Iran Arrests 25 Christians for Unknown Reasons

September 29, 2016 — ICC Note: Iran has arrested at least 25 Christians in Kerman, Iran for unknown reasons. Iranian security forces broke into the Christians’ homes, searched them, and took various objects before...

Iran Sentences Christians To Be Flogged

September 28, 2016 — ICC Note: Iran continues to demonstrate its intolerance for Christianity by sentencing three Christians to be flogged for drinking wine during Communion. Iranian police initially arrested five Christians but have...

Which country has the fastest-growing church in the world?

September 23, 2016 — ICC Note: Despite unprecedented and miserable levels of persecution against Christian that plagues Iran, it has been named as having the fastest growing evangelical population in the world. According to...

Hospitalized Christian Convert Ordered Back to Prison

September 19, 2016 — ICC Note: Iranian Christian Prisoner Maryam Zargaran has, as of late, been on a prison Furlough of medical treatment with the promise of possible release. However, a few days ago...

Iranian converts await sentencing for ‘illegal’ Communion wine

September 14, 2016 — ICC Note: The three Iranian Christians arrested alongside Youcef Nadarkhani on May 13, have been charged by the Iranian regime with ‘acting against national security’ and ‘illegal consumption of alcohol.’...

Iranian Christian Converts Arrested in Family Party

September 3, 2016 — ICC Note: Iranian authorities arrested 5 Christian men on a fishing trip on August 26. Security officials arrested the men without warrant or reason aside from their faith. It was...

Iran Arrests Five Christian Men Away on a Fishing Trip

September 2, 2016 — Iran Arrests 43 Christians in the Last Month 09/02/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that five Iranian Christian men were arrested on Friday,...

Saeed Abedini Asks Why the US and UN Refuse to Condemn Iran’s Execution of Christians

September 1, 2016 — ICC Note: Former hostage of the Iranian regime, Saeed Abedini is appealing to the United States to take action against the practice of mass prisoner execution in Iran. Pastor Abedini...